shows connectivity to wireless router but never really connects to internet. Should I remove the card from devices and reinstall? Or just go with a bluetooth device? Tested router and tested connectivity in varied locations too - never worked, while showing connected

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I assume that other devices are able to access the internet while connected to this same wireless router.

Also, have you done all the basic troubleshooting such as checking your ip settings and trying to ping google? Is there a local firewall that could be blocking traffic? Your browser could be the root of the problem, if the ping works. Your ip stack may be corrupted.

Try plugging the system into the router with a network cable and see if you can get out that way?

My wireless is a certificate authentcition based WPA2/PKI system though.

The issue only occurs with old broadcom wireless cards and it only occurs on the initial automatic connection at boot. When I disconnect and reconnect the network, all is well.

Any system using different wireless cards works fine. I still havent' figured it out but I've decided that I'm going to spend $7 per system and just replace the broadcom cards with intel 5100s. It's a cheap solution to eliminate a major headache.

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